Monthly Archives: November 2018

Vietnam War – Khan Academy

Posted on November 30, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… In order to have a respectable understanding of the Vietnam War, we have to rewind all the way back to the late 1800s when France was colonizing Southeast Asia. And in particular, it colonized what is now Laos, Vietnam, … Continue reading →

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Cain’s Book – Alexander Trocchi (1960)

Posted on November 30, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Cain’s Book is a 1960 novel by Scottish beat writer Alexander Trocchi. A roman à clef, it details the life of Joe Necchi, a heroin addict and writer, who is living and working on a scow on the Hudson River … Continue reading →

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Songs of Leonard Cohen – Leonard Cohen (1967)

Posted on November 29, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“At a time when a growing number of pop songwriters were embracing a more explicitly poetic approach in their lyrics, the 1967 debut album from Leonard Cohen introduced a songwriter who, rather than being inspired by ‘serious’ literature, took up … Continue reading →

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“Fulfillment was already there”: Debord & ’68

Posted on November 28, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“On the brink of working class and student insurgency came Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle (1967), the radical book of the 1960s, perhaps the most radical radical book ever written. Its 221 strange theses give us stirring crescendos … Continue reading →

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Herzog – Saul Bellow (1964)

Posted on November 26, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Herzog is a 1964 novel by Saul Bellow, composed in large part of letters from the protagonist Moses E. Herzog. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and the Prix International. In 2005, Time magazine named it one … Continue reading →

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The Accidental Perfection of the Beatles’ White Album

Posted on November 25, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Fifty years later, the White Album, the Beatles’ masterpiece, is still good, still indelible, still as clean and pure as its sleeve, requiring no explanation or description beyond the band’s name. “To mark this month’s fiftieth anniversary of the Beatles’ … Continue reading →

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COINTELPRO (1956–1971)

Posted on November 25, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

J. Edgar Hoover at Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C., July 24, 1967. “COINTELPRO (Portmanteau derived from COunter INTELligence PROgram) (1956–1971) was a series of covert, and at times illegal, projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation … Continue reading →

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The Joke – Jaromil Jireš (1969)

Posted on November 23, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Joke (Czech: Žert) is a 1969 Czechoslovak film by director Jaromil Jireš. It is considered one of the last films of the Czech New Wave movement. Based on Milan Kundera‘s novel of the same name, The Joke tells the … Continue reading →

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A Radical Artist’s Journey from Fluxus to Full-On Commercialism

Posted on November 22, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Total Art Match-Box c. 1965 “Perhaps the egotism that claims life-as-art has always existed, but until provocateur Ben Vautier (best known by his first name) and others in the 20th century made a hard point of this theoretical position, it had … Continue reading →

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The Soft Machine – Soft Machine (1968)

Posted on November 21, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Soft Machine’s status as house band at London clubs like the UFO and Middle Earth during 1967 saw them appear at some of the most pivotal happenings in the fringes of the art world. But while those other darlings … Continue reading →

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